Day 1895

 I woke up at 8, but didn't feel like getting out of bed.  So I turned over and went back to sleep until9:15.  Then I got up for breakfast - Ellen did the pet stuff.

 The first thing I did was turn on the TV.  Thankfully it was working fine.  However, the DirecTV wasn't.  So after breakfast I hauled the ladder and tools from the garage down to the antenna.  It was sagging again, just like I suspected.  I decided to change the antenna adjustments rather than my turnbuckles.  That's harder and takes more time, but I don't want to run out of adjustment on the turnbuckles.  It took a while, but I got all of the numbers back in the 90's.  We'll see how long that lasts.

By then it was getting warm.  I went back into the house and told Ellen we should go for a bike ride.  She agreed, but her asshole was giving her grief.  So I waited for half an hour or so until that was done.  Then we went out.  We covered about the same ground as yesterday, but a little bit more.  Ellen fell when she stopped once, but not very hard.  She's getting better.

When we got home it was 1 and time for lunch.  I'm still eating cold cuts on croissants.  They're pretty good.  After that I went back out to the garage.  I adjusted Ellen's seat and straightened my handlebars.  I also did a little inventory of take along stuff we needed for the bikes.  We have most of what we need.

I also noticed a big problem with the cargo rack.  It only takes the removal of one bolt to remove the whole thing from the vehicle.  I spent some time trying to come up with a solution.  Eventually had I had an idea of what needed to be done.

I went back into the house and started searching for things that would help me fix the rack problem.  I watched some videos.  I went through a lot of stuff and finally decided on a fix that involved a heavy chain and one of the bike locks we already have.  So the next step was choose a chain.

Ellen fixed chopped beef for dinner.  It was good, sort of like high class sloppy joes.  Afterwards I got back to shopping.  I decided on a heavy lock chain for the cargo rack.  I also got a take along took kit and some chain pliers.  That took a while, there were a lot of choices to look at.

About 9 a package showed up.  It was about 45 degrees when I went out to get it.  About 10:30 I happened to look at Amazon orders.  It said some more stuff had been delivered.  I went back out, it was 39 and there wasn't a package.  I went back inside and investigated.  The package had been sent USPS.  So I got into the car and went to the mailbox to pick it up.

By then it was bed time.